Ghoul: Starting with Sharingan

"Huh...?"

Nutcracker was momentarily stunned.

She couldn't believe that this older sister was actually inviting her to stay overnight at her place.

But... her true identity was that of a ghoul...

If they lived together, it would be easy for her secret to be exposed.

So, after snapping out of her daze, she immediately showed a look of concern. This was her greatest worry.

Even Byakuya was slightly surprised. Eto's actions were somewhat unexpected to him.

At this moment, Eto guessed what she was worried about. She leaned in and whispered into Nutcracker's ear, "Little one, I know what you're afraid of. You're scared that we'll find out you're a ghoul, right?"

Hearing this, Nutcracker's face turned pale with fright.

"N-no, that's not it!"

She denied it outright, terrified of what might happen next.

However, her facial expression had already betrayed her.

"Little one, lying isn't good, you know."

Eto smirked mischievously. "My intuition is very accurate, and my husband is also an investigator with the CCG."

Although Nutcracker didn't fully understand the word "husband" she could guess it referred to the older brother standing nearby.

This made she even more frightened. She was already thinking of running away, feeling that if she didn't escape now, she would be killed by the ghoul investigators.

But then, Eto spoke again, "You don't need to be so scared. We have no intention of harming you. If we did, we would have acted already."

These words made she hesitate for a moment. "R-really?"

"Of course, it's true."

Eto nodded.

"But aren't ghoul investigators supposed to treat us as enemies?"

Nutcracker couldn't help but express her confusion.

"That's not always the case. Not every investigator hates ghouls to the core, like this guy here."

Eto said, "In any case, we won't hurt you, so you can rest easy"

"That's right. Although the CCG is the Commission of Counter Ghoul, we don't aim to exterminate every ghoul."

Byakuya also explained to her, "As long as they haven't harmed humans, we won't indiscriminately harm ghouls."

"Oh..."

Nutcracker was quite quick to believe Byakuya's words.

After all, she was still young and didn't have much guile.

She found it increasingly hard to believe that there were such kind people who, knowing she was a ghoul, were still willing to help her.

She was all alone now, with no one to rely on, and had been barely surviving in the 19th ward. Furthermore, she didn't know how long she could last on her own, and she didn't dare leave the 19th ward for other completely unfamiliar areas.

Feeling extremely insecure, she truly longed for a place of refuge.

...

And so, Mayu was taken home by Eto.

They took a taxi directly back to the 1st ward.

This was Mayu's first time riding in a human vehicle and her first time entering a human's house.

Little did she know, the older brother and sister she saw were not truly human.

"We're home. Mayu, why don't you go take a bath first? You can wear my clothes for now."

Eto had already asked for Nutcracker's name earlier.

Since Mayu's parents were low-level ghouls, they couldn't obtain human surnames and identities through various means like more powerful ghouls, allowing them to blend into human society.

Without a surname to inherit, she could only use "Mayu" as her name, which was also not recognized in human society.

At this moment, Eto found a set of her own clothes for Mayu.

Her figure wasn't much larger than Mayu's, so the clothes wouldn't be too ill-fitting.

"Thank you!"

Mayu felt overwhelmed with gratitude.

The clothes looked beautiful and cute to her, and she had never imagined she could wear something so nice.

While Mayu went to take a bath, Byakuya couldn't help but ask Eto, "Why did you suddenly decide to bring her home?"

To this, Eto smiled faintly. "Can't I guess what's on your mind? I figured you wanted Mayu to receive help in the 20th ward, right?"

"Indeed..."

Byakuya couldn't deny it. His thoughts had been accurately guessed by Eto this time.

"So, I simply brought her home. Isn't that more convenient? We can send her to the 20th ward later."

Eto said.

However, she wasn't solely influenced by Byakuya.

Due to her own childhood experiences, she also felt some sympathy for Mayu and wanted to help her a little.

"I see. I was originally thinking of persuading her to go to the 20th ward right away."

Byakuya said.

"It's fine. Once my work is successfully published, we'll take her to Anteiku together. That old man will surely be happy to take her in."

Eto had already made plans to meet her father at that time.

The "old man" she referred to was, of course, Yoshimura.

"That works. But before that, we'll have to take good care of her."

Byakuya said.

"It's just rotten meat, right? Our Aogiri Tree often collects human corpses from various wards, especially those who have committed suicide. We've stored a large amount of rotten meat at our base in the 24th ward. If distributed properly, it should be more than enough."

Eto planned to return to the 24th ward later to fetch some rotten meat for Mayu.

She herself didn't need rotten meat, nor did she need fresh human flesh to replenish her RC cells at the moment.

The cannibalization during the attack on the Labyrinth organization had significantly increased her strength, allowing her to go without feeding for a while.

Moreover, Eto was considerate of Byakuya's feelings. She knew he wouldn't want her to harm innocent humans.

Now that Byakuya had displayed his unfathomable strength, she could trust and rely on him, eliminating the need for her to voraciously consume human flesh.

Besides, consuming human flesh wasn't an effective way to gain strength. The real method to grow stronger was through cannibalization.

Eating human flesh was largely for satiation and had some use in maintaining RC cells in the body, but that was about it. The aspect of satiation was unnecessary for Eto, as she could easily consume normal human food.

Especially at Eto's level as a high-level Kakuja, there was no way to grow stronger except through extensive cannibalization.

"Right, that works too."

Byakuya nodded slightly.

Yoshimura would surely accept Mayu.

He himself would need to carefully consider how to explain everything when the time came to meet Yoshimura.